by Egotist / September 20, 2018 / In an effort to combat both online and offline bullying, the Ad Council has released Because of You, a new Bullying Prevention message aimed at heightening self-awareness and reflection among teens. The new work encourages teens to consider the impact of their actions, in a culture where meanness is normalized, to create a more empathetic, inclusive culture. The campaign is timed around two cruci[Read More]
by Egotist / August 27, 2018 / In celebration of yesterday's Women’s Equality Day, DDB San Francisco’s summer interns honored the foremothers of the City by the Bay by taking to the streets to rewrite the city’s history - quite literally. Inspired by the fact that only 27% of all the streets named for historical figures in San Francisco are named after women, the agency’s interns launched the “Ms Representation Proje[Read More]
by Egotist / August 10, 2018 / Pereira O’Dell has rolled out a new campaign for Adobe Students for the 2018 Back to School season. The videos, focusing on Creative Cloud, lead students to Adobe’s Make It center where they can get inspiration, tutorials, and learn stuff they don’t teach you in school. [Read More]
by thesanfranciscoegotist / August 9, 2018 / Our bad for not getting this interesting pop-up event to you earlier. That said, if you've got time this evening, check out, an experiential event series with a final showing starting at 5:30pm tonight. It's designed to spark dialogue around gender inequality issues through visual installations. Tickets available to the public for purchase here. Proceeds from the event will benefit The National [Read More]
by thesanfranciscoegotist / July 23, 2018 / The NY Times has uncovered the identities of two of the main people behind the Sleeping Giants movement - a Twitter feed that has highlighted advertising appearing on racist, sexist or otherwise horrible websites. And one of the founders is local freelance copywriter Matt Rivitz. It's a fascinating story about how his simple Twitter account has helped thousands of advertisers become aware their [Read More]
by thesanfranciscoegotist / July 19, 2018 / We're sure this is something Pepsi had hoped to lose forever. But after years in the Consumer Time Capsule vault, here it is... the Crystal Pepsi employee training video! This VHS tape was released in late 1992 to coincide with the national release of Crystal Pepsi. The unintentional comedy really kicks in around the 7:45 mark when they start talking features and benefits. [Read More]
by thesanfranciscoegotist / June 27, 2018 / Oswalds Mill Audio makes $300,000 speakers from wood like ash, cherry, and walnut—plus slate and special cast iron. The sound quality is as good as the materials. Made is a series of simple, gorgeous short films that demonstrate how everyday luxury objects are made, and honor the process and artisans behind them. [Read More]
by thesanfranciscoegotist / June 26, 2018 / Eleven has scored two Lions at Cannes - a silver for Digital Craft and a Gold for Creative Data for their Google Cloud/March Madness work. If you didn't see this live, it was awesome. Check out this case study that gives a nice overview of the award-winning project. Congrats on the wins. [Read More]
